WASHINGTON Democratic candidates grabbed the lead in two Republican-held Senate seats in Massachusetts and Indiana on Tuesday, complicating the GOP's drive to seize control of the Senate. Independent Angus King won the GOP Senate seat in Maine to add a dose of uncertainty to the fierce fight for the majority.

Taking their cue from President-elect Barack Obama, Democrats in the Senate decided not to take revenge on Joe Lieberman despite lingering anger over the Connecticut independent's forceful support of John McCain over Obama in the presidential campaign.

For more than two decades, most Americans got the results of national elections from three men: NBC's Tom Brokaw, ABC's Peter Jennings and CBS' Dan Rather. But next week, when their successors NBC's Brian Williams, ABC's Charles Gibson and CBS' Katie Couric preside over the midterm results coverage, viewers will get to see how the new people handle their first election as evening news anchors.